Swanson V. Commissioner
Interested in moving half a million dollars into your IRA in a very short time frame? Here’s a court case that allowed one person to do exactly that, and the IRS was even forced to pay over $50,000 in attorney’s fees for challenging him.

Ancira V. Comminsioner
Want to invest in private companies with your IRA money but are worried about following all the intricate steps? Here’s a case where everything was done wrong, but the court still allowed an IRA to invest in a private company without any tax consequences.

DOL Advisory Opinions — Opinions that May Affect 401K Plans

DOL Advisory Opinion 88-18A
Here’s a ruling where an IRA owner had his IRA make a loan to a corporation owned 47% by him. Sure beats dealing with a bank.

DOL Interpretive Ruling 2000-10A Want to enter into a partnership with your IRA money and children? Here’s a ruling from the Department of Labor saying if you do things right this could be possible.

IRS attack on Abusive Roth IRA Transactions
It seems that the IRS is starting to believe that the Roth IRA is too good to be true. To that end they released this notice saying they believe that certain transactions between a Roth IRA and related parties will be considered as Tax Shelters.